As you can see from the above pictures, the P.O. did not follow any instructions, he just fitted parts together… Guess he could not read…  lol

Not named mine yet.  I will have to see how she goes together first… 

Mine’s named after the real love of James Bond…the curvey “Moneypenny”.

Now thats cute,Is it red ??

schweeeet!

Cool, man. A real VW expert. 

Right, Paul. It’s come up a couple times here.Found a string on the Ford Muscle Forum asking similar questions. There does seem to be some interest in this subject. And since several of the TDs on the forum have been tweaked, I was hoping we might all profit from some ginned-up knowledge.

Don’t think anyone is arguing whether or not a TD replica “needs” power brakes.

Great cars Doug!

Your brakes should be more than adequate.

I had an old Dodge from the fifties (like a tank) and it had power steering by Armstrong.

$.02 Worth if you need power brakes on a 2000 pound car maybe you should not be driving or you need to be exercising more??? if all parts are working service brakes work just fine . Kinda like power steering ,,have we all got week or lazy ?? I have had many cars and trucks with power nothing ..cars in the old days not even an option ,,,,Dan

My thoughts on brakes:First of all, I’m going with a V6, so I would not call that high HP. (I’m not using a Buick Grand National V6).When I build a car, I always replace 100% of the brake parts. The capability of the car to stop is mainly a factor of the quality of these parts. The difference in my future car between power brakes and manual brakes…[Read more]

The discussion of manual vs. power brakes continues here:

Now…back to Alfred.

You might be on to something Ed.

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Enjoying your build journey.  You seem to be on the right track and have the experience to build something special.  A weakness of my 2.3 liter Ford based kit is the brakes since they are manual.  There isn’t any room for a power booster.  Just a little caution.  I can’t imagine building anything with high horsepower with these brakes.

I am so punked. 

Okay so it’s not that far…

Ditto with the crossmember

Here are fronts suspension parts blasted, primed and painted, ready for bushings and ball joints.

 $390 for springs and shocks are more than I have budgeted for those two items. I’ve read a lot of the streams here and have followed this link before. I also read advice here about using a minimum strength spring in the front so I don’t plan on using the stock ones. For ride height, I can weld the crossmember at any height so I wasn’t planning…[Read more]